The way to print spool with bar code in iSeries to normal Laser Printer
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The way to print spool with bar code in iSeries to normal Laser Printer
How to print bar code from iSeries spool (printer file with BARCODE and parameters specified) into normal Laser printer?
ASKED: Sep 7 2009  3:59 AM GMT
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I think this all depends on the make of the laser printer. Kyocera had a macro language that could be used called prescribe. Other printers would accept "Escape Sequences" in ASCII. Another option would be to look for softwares that can convert your EBCDIC spoolfiles to ASCII equivalents. We use something called INTERFORMS that accomplishes just that.

Peter.
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Normal??? Please be specific.
Your spoolfile, with barcode keywourd, should be producing an *AFPDS spool file and it can be printed at an *IPDS printer only.
Phil
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Splat
HP4250 with IPDS card and
Device type . . . . . . . . . . . : TYPE 3812
which defines an *IPDS printer
But CLCL hasn't told us what his "normal" printer is.
Phil

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Phil,

The HP4250 doesn't have an IPDS card - we buy them pretty much as is (we order extra paper drawers, but that's the extent of our customisation). It may be the 3812 type is what makes the /400 see it as an *IPDS printer, but I can assure you we're not using any special hardware.


Splat.
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Wow. We learn something new everyday.
Phil
Last Answered: Sep 11 2009  3:46 PM GMT by Philpl1jb   24610 pts.
Latest Contributors: Splat   1070 pts., Pdraebel   885 pts.
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RBDSILVA   305 pts.  |   Sep 7 2009  10:40PM GMT

HiCLCL

 

RBDSILVA   305 pts.  |   Sep 7 2009  10:41PM GMT

Hi CLCL, I have examples in RPh and COBOL to Laser Printer models HP4500 and LexMark.

Regards,
Roberto

 

RBDSILVA   305 pts.  |   Sep 7 2009  10:42PM GMT

Sorry, RPh = RPG

 

Mrnaturl   110 pts.  |   Sep 8 2009  1:38PM GMT

I have to concur with Phil. I have standard Dell/HP lasers which will print everythign EXCEPT for the barcodes from spoolfiles as the printers do not have the required *IPDS functionality. I can only print the barcodes on my various InfoPrints as we purchased that option when we bought the printers.

 

Splat   1070 pts.  |   Sep 9 2009  4:12PM GMT

We use a mix of HP and Xerox printers & have no problem printing bar codes. The printer files are defined as *AFPDS, but the printers aren’t defined as anything really out the ordinary.

Here’s the device description for a printer used for printing sheets of labels:

 Device description . . . . . . . . :   DEVD        PRTBP00
 Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   OPTION      *BASIC
 Category of device . . . . . . . . :               *PRT                        

 Device class . . . . . . . . . . . :   DEVCLS      *LAN
 Device type  . . . . . . . . . . . :   TYPE        3812
 Device model . . . . . . . . . . . :   MODEL       1
 LAN attachment . . . . . . . . . . :   LANATTACH   *IP
 Port number  . . . . . . . . . . . :   PORT        9100
 Physical attachment  . . . . . . . :   ATTACH      *DIRECT
 Online at IPL  . . . . . . . . . . :   ONLINE      *YES
 Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   FONT
   Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . :               011
   Point size . . . . . . . . . . . :               *NONE
 Form feed  . . . . . . . . . . . . :   FORMFEED    *AUTOCUT
 Separator drawer . . . . . . . . . :   SEPDRAWER   *FILE
 Separator program  . . . . . . . . :   SEPPGM      *NONE
 Printer error message  . . . . . . :   PRTERRMSG   *INFO
 Message queue  . . . . . . . . . . :   MSGQ        *CTLD
 Current message queue  . . . . . . :               QSYSOPR
   Library  . . . . . . . . . . . . :                 QSYS
 Activation timer . . . . . . . . . :   ACTTMR      170
 Inactivity timer . . . . . . . . . :   INACTTMR    *SEC15
 Line speed . . . . . . . . . . . . :   LINESPEED   19200
 Word length  . . . . . . . . . . . :   WORDLEN     8
 Type of parity . . . . . . . . . . :   PARITY      *NONE
 Stop bits  . . . . . . . . . . . . :   STOPBITS    1
 Host print transform . . . . . . . :   TRANSFORM   *YES
 Manufacturer type and model  . . . :   MFRTYPMDL   *HP5SI
 Paper source 1 . . . . . . . . . . :   PPRSRC1     *LETTER
 Paper source 2 . . . . . . . . . . :   PPRSRC2     *LETTER
 Envelope source  . . . . . . . . . :   ENVELOPE    *NUMBER10
 ASCII code page 899 support  . . . :   ASCII899    *NO
 Image configuration  . . . . . . . :   IMGCFG      *NONE
 Character identifier . . . . . . . :   CHRID       *SYSVAL
 Remote location  . . . . . . . . . :   RMTLOCNAME
   Name or address  . . . . . . . . :               10.195.101.19               

 Workstation customizing object . . :   WSCST       *NONE
 User-defined object  . . . . . . . :   USRDFNOBJ   *NONE
   Object type  . . . . . . . . . . :                 *NONE
 Data transform program . . . . . . :   USRDTATFM   *NONE
 System driver program  . . . . . . :   SYSDRVPGM   *HPPJLDRV
 Allocated to:
 Job name . . . . . . . . . . . . . :               PRTBP00
   User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :                 QSPLJOB
   Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . :                 820989
 Published  . . . . . . . . . . . . :               *NO
 Publishing information . . . . . . :   PUBLISHINF
   Support duplex . . . . . . . . . :               *UNKNOWN
   Support color  . . . . . . . . . :               *UNKNOWN
   Pages per minute black . . . . . :               *UNKNOWN
   Pages per minute color . . . . . :               *UNKNOWN
   Location . . . . . . . . . . . . :               *BLANK                      

   Data streams supported . . . . . :               *UNKNOWN
 Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   TEXT        Admission Label Printer     

The printer is an HP4250.

 
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